Electrical Papers

Oliver Heaviside

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511983139

A self-taught authority on electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and telephony, Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) dedicated his adult life to the improvement of electrical technologies. Inspired by James Clerk Maxwell's field theory, he spent the 1880s presenting his ideas as a regular contributor to the weekly journal, The Electrician. The publication of Electrical Papers, a year after his election to the Royal Society in 1891, established his fame beyond the scientific community. An eccentric figure with an impish sense of humour, Heaviside's accessible style enabled him to educate an entire generation in the importance and application of electricity. In so doing he helped to establish that very British phenomenon, the garden-shed inventor. Combining articles on the electromagnetic wave surface and electromagnetic induction with notes on nomenclature and the self-induction of wires, Volume 2 serves as an excellent source for both electrical engineers and historians of science.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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ART. 31. - ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE-SURFACE
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ART. 32. - NOTES ON NOMENCLATURE
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ART. 33. - NOTES ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
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ART. 34. - ON THE USE OF THE BRIDGE AS AN INDUCTION BALANCE
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ART. 35. - ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ITS PROPAGATION (SECOND HALF.)
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ABT. 36. - SOME NOTES ON THE THEORY OF THE TELEPHONE, AND ON HYSTERESIS
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ABT. 37. - ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY OF OVERGROUND WIRES
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ART. 38. - MR. W. H. PREECE ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
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ABT. 39. - NOTES ON NOMENCLATURE
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ABT. 40. - ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
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ART. 41. - ON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CIRCUITS
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ART. 42. - ON RESISTANCE AND CONDUCTANCE OPERATORS, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, INDUCTANCE AND PERMITTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC ENERGY
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ABT. 43. - ON ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE VORTICITY OF THE IMPRESSED FORCES; AND THE FORCED VIBRATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS
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ART. 44. - THE GENERAL SOLUTION OF MAXWELL'S ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS IN A HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC MEDIUM, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THE DERIVATION OF SPECIAL SOLUTIONS, AND THE FORMULAE FOR PLANE WAVES
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ART. 45. - LIGHTNING DISCHARGES, ETC
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ART. 46. - PRACTICE VERSUS THEORY. – ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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ART. 47. - ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, THE PROPAGATION OF POTENTIAL, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS OF A MOVING CHARGE
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ART. 48. - THE MUTUAL ACTION OF A PAIR OF RATIONAL CURRENT-ELEMENTS
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ART. 49. - THE INDUCTANCE OF UNCLOSED CONDUCTIVE CIRCUITS
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ART. 50. - ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS DUE TO THE MOTION OF ELECTRIFICATION THROUGH A DIELECTRIC
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ART. 51. - DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BY MOTION OF THE MEDIUM
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ART. 52. - ON THE FORCES, STRESSES, AND FLUXES OF ENERGY IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
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ABT. 53. - THE POSITION OF 4π IN ELECTROMAGNETIC UNITS
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INDEX
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-xvi

ART. 31. - ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE-SURFACE
pp 1-23

ART. 32. - NOTES ON NOMENCLATURE
pp 23-28

ART. 33. - NOTES ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
pp 28-32

ART. 34. - ON THE USE OF THE BRIDGE AS AN INDUCTION BALANCE
pp 33-38

ART. 35. - ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ITS PROPAGATION (SECOND HALF.)
pp 39-155

ABT. 36. - SOME NOTES ON THE THEORY OF THE TELEPHONE, AND ON HYSTERESIS
pp 155-159

ABT. 37. - ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY OF OVERGROUND WIRES
pp 159-160

ART. 38. - MR. W. H. PREECE ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
pp 160-165

ABT. 39. - NOTES ON NOMENCLATURE
pp 165-168

ABT. 40. - ON THE SELF-INDUCTION OF WIRES
pp 168-323

ART. 41. - ON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CIRCUITS
pp 323-354

ART. 42. - ON RESISTANCE AND CONDUCTANCE OPERATORS, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, INDUCTANCE AND PERMITTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC ENERGY
pp 355-374

ABT. 43. - ON ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE VORTICITY OF THE IMPRESSED FORCES; AND THE FORCED VIBRATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS
pp 375-467

ART. 44. - THE GENERAL SOLUTION OF MAXWELL'S ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS IN A HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC MEDIUM, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THE DERIVATION OF SPECIAL SOLUTIONS, AND THE FORMULAE FOR PLANE WAVES
pp 468-485

ART. 45. - LIGHTNING DISCHARGES, ETC
pp 486-488

ART. 46. - PRACTICE VERSUS THEORY. – ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
pp 488-490

ART. 47. - ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, THE PROPAGATION OF POTENTIAL, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS OF A MOVING CHARGE
pp 490-499

ART. 48. - THE MUTUAL ACTION OF A PAIR OF RATIONAL CURRENT-ELEMENTS
pp 500-502

ART. 49. - THE INDUCTANCE OF UNCLOSED CONDUCTIVE CIRCUITS
pp 502-504

ART. 50. - ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS DUE TO THE MOTION OF ELECTRIFICATION THROUGH A DIELECTRIC
pp 504-518

ART. 51. - DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BY MOTION OF THE MEDIUM
pp 519-521

ART. 52. - ON THE FORCES, STRESSES, AND FLUXES OF ENERGY IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
pp 521-574

ABT. 53. - THE POSITION OF 4π IN ELECTROMAGNETIC UNITS
pp 575-578

INDEX
pp 579-587

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